Passenger transport

If you offer transport to passengers for financial gain (to earn an income), the service you are offering is subject to a licence.

A transport licence can be granted to either a company or a private person, who is engaging in the commercial activity as a self-employer person. Additionally, the vehicle’s driver must be professionally qualified to provide passenger transport. The vehicle used for passenger transport must be registered in Fin-land and for a purpose subject to a licence.

For example, a taxi driver’s professional driving licence gives him or her the right to drive a taxi, not to practice the trade. A taxi driver’s professional driving licence on its own will not allow someone to practice as an independent undertaking, for example, a taxi dispatch service. This will always require that the person establishes a company (at least as an private / individual operator) and applies for a taxi transport licence.

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